Bella Sims
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Full name | Arabella Gabrielle Sims | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Bella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (2005-05-25) May 25, 2005 (age 18) Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 135 lb (61 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Sandpipers of Nevada[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Ronald Aitken | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Arabella Gabrielle Sims (born May 25, 2005) is an American swimmer.
At the 2020 United States Olympic Trials Sims finished fifth in the 200 freestyle, qualifying her for the relay team at the 2020 Olympics.[2] She was one of four high school athletes to make the United States team.[3] Entering the trials, she qualified for 11 of the 14 contested events.[4]
2022
World Championships
At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest Sims swam in the preliminaries of the 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay recording a time of 1:55.91 which earned her a place in the final. The 17 year old then swam the anchor leg in the final with a split of 1:54.60 which was nearly three seconds quicker than her flat start personal best of 1:57.53. The Americans won the relay giving Sims her first gold medal in a major international championship.[5]
2022 World Championships | ||
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4×200 m freestyle | 7:41.45 (CR) |
References
- ^ "2020 U.S. Olympic Team Roster" (PDF). USA Swimming. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 23, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
- ^ "Day 7 U.S. Olympic Roster Update: All But One Woman Locked In; Held In Jeopardy". SwimSwam. June 20, 2021.
- ^ "U.S. Olympic Trials: High Schoolers Overtaking Veterans in Omaha". Swimming World Magazine. June 17, 2021.
- ^ "2 local swimmers likely headed to Tokyo Olympics". 8newsnow. June 18, 2021.
- ^ "Huge splits from Ledecky Sims lead Americans to championship record/". SwimSwam. June 22, 2022.
External links
- Bella Sims at World Aquatics
- Bella Sims at SwimRankings.net
- Bella Sims at Olympics.com
- Bella Sims at Olympedia
- Bella Sims at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (archived)
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- 2020 United States Olympic Trials
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- Zach Apple
- Hunter Armstrong
- Bowe Becker
- Gunnar Bentz
- Michael Brinegar
- Patrick Callan
- Brooks Curry
- Caeleb Dressel (team captain)
- Nic Fink
- Bobby Finke
- Townley Haas
- Zach Harting
- Chase Kalisz
- Drew Kibler
- Jay Litherland
- Bryce Mefford
- Jake Mitchell
- Ryan Murphy (team captain)
- Blake Pieroni
- Andrew Seliskar
- Tom Shields
- Kieran Smith
- Jordan Wilimovsky
- Andrew Wilson
- Haley Anderson
- Phoebe Bacon
- Erika Brown
- Claire Curzan
- Catie DeLoof
- Kate Douglass
- Hali Flickinger
- Brooke Forde
- Katie Grimes
- Natalie Hinds
- Torri Huske
- Lydia Jacoby
- Lilly King
- Annie Lazor
- Katie Ledecky
- Paige Madden
- Simone Manuel (team captain)
- Katie McLaughlin
- Allison Schmitt (team captain)
- Bella Sims
- Regan Smith
- Olivia Smoliga
- Erica Sullivan
- Ashley Twichell
- Alex Walsh
- Abbey Weitzeil
- Emma Weyant
- Rhyan White
- Dave Durden (head men's coach)
- Greg Meehan (head women's coach)
- Catherine Vogt (head coach, open water)
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